15 April 2016

Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Job Vacancy: Project Coordinator, Yogyakarta

Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund
Deutschland e.V (ASB) is one of Germany‘s oldest and largest social
welfare organisations. ASB has over 200 offices in Germany and a
membership of 1.1 million. Core activities include the provision of
public medical and rescue services alongside an extensive range of
social service provision. Overseas, ASB‘s Foreign Aid Department
operates mainly in the fields of humanitarian relief, return and
reintegration, development and disaster risk reduction (DRR).

ASB
Indonesia and Philippines aims to build resilience through inclusive
and risk aware development. ASB has been working in Indonesia, in
partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs, since 2006. In
Indonesia ASB works directly with partners and communities, and in
support of government, to empower and build resilience through an
inclusive whole-of-community approach. The ASB Philippines Community
Resilience Programme was established at the beginning of 2015 and has
the specific objective of strengthening the resilience of communities
affected by Typhoon Haiyan via local partner led programming &
increasing inclusive-DRR practice across different levels (local to
regional). The Philippines programme is implemented through local
partner led projects and is remotely managed from Indonesia by ASB. A
key component of the work that ASB does across the region is
implementing and promoting inclusive risk aware practice. ASB is also a
founding member of the Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction
Network (DIDRRN).

PROJECT SUMMARY:

The
"Institutionalizing Disaster Preparedness and Management Capacity of
BPBDs in Indonesia through Technical Assistance and Training Teams"
program (TATTs) is a USAID-funded consortium project aimed at increasing
disaster management capacity at the sub-national level. Led by Mercy
Corps Indonesia, the consortium includes national and international
civil society and private sector partners encompassing disaster
management professionals, academics and specialists in inclusion and
disability. TATTs project areas are eight provinces - Central Java, East Java, West Sumatera,Southeast Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua and Papua.

ASB
is delivering and ensuring the TATTs project is inclusive with
particular concern for the inclusion of persons with disabilities under
the Sendai Framework for DRR. ASB’s role includes capacity building on
inclusion, mentoring on inclusion, remote support and supporting the
establishment of ‘Disability Service Unit’ (see PerKA BNPB No 14, 2014).

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsibility for oversight, to ensure quality delivery of project activities and outcomes, and coordination of project team and point of liaison for TATTs partners and other stakeholders.

Duties & Essential Job Functions:

Support
and work closely with Programme Manager to ensure quality delivery in
line with donor, partner (including government) and ASB expectations and
contractual agreements.

Ensure
planning and compliance regarding activities, outputs (with due regard
to outcomes) and financial compliance in close coordination with the
Finance and General Affairs Manager.

Representation
of ASB to project partners, government and to other concerned parties
including informal and formal coordination meetings, conferences and
similar.

Conduct regular budget planning, review and monitoring in close coordination with Finance and General Affairs Manager.

Maintain full project documentation for ASB and partner reference.

Ensure
participation of key stakeholders in project and monitoring and
evaluation activities with particular regard to
participation and inclusion of potentially at-risk groups according to
gender, age, disability and socio-economic standing.
Also, pay due regard to individuals who may be impacted as indirect
beneficiaries of project activities.

Provide mentoring and actively contribute to staff development, capacity building and skills development.

In
cases any underperformance assist Programme Manager and project teams
to seek suitable solution and to raise performance
levels to expected high standards.

Sharing
of information, and key lessons learned, between and across ASB
projects and inform projects of particular good and best
practice examples to encourage and stimulate quality.

Provide technical support regarding inclusion and education and training to project teams.

Support and advise teams to ensure accurate reporting of project outputs and activities.

Output: The main outputs and verifiable deliverables of the position are:

The delivery of the above to ensure the quality of programming and to support the successful implementation of projects.

Project
outputs and activities delivered against indicators according to ASB
and partner expectations and contractual obligations.

Full documentation and filing of activities concerning project performance and mentoring activities conducted.

Documentation and publication of best practices (electronic and print media).